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had been removed from the years ago. It should have been
minds and hearts of the people, started after independence,
but now efforts are being made but that too could not happen.
to revive them with the power Two years ago, the festival
of public participation, so for has been started again by
discussing that… What better the local people and through
platform than ‘Mann ki Baat’. ‘Tribeni Kumbho Porichalona
What I am going to tell you Shomiti’. I congratulate all
now will make you really happy… the people associated with its
you will be proud of our heritage. organization. You are not only
Shriman Kanchan Banerjee, who keeping alive a tradition, but
lives in America, has drawn my are also protecting the cultural
attention to one such campaign heritage of India.
related to the preservation of Friends, Tribeni in West
heritage. I congratulate him. Bengal has been known as
Friends, this month, ‘Tribeni a holy place for centuries.
Kumbho Mohotshav’ was It finds mention in various
organized in Bansberia of Mangalakavya, Vaishnava
Hooghly district in West Bengal. literature, Shakta literature and
More than eight lakh devotees other Bangla literary works.
participated in it…But do you Various historical documents
know why it is so special? It suggest that this region was once
is special, since this practice a centre of Sanskrit, education
has been revived after 700 and Indian culture. Many saints
years. Although this tradition consider it a holy place for
is thousands of years old, but Kumbh Snan on Magh Sankranti.
unfortunately this festival In Tribeni, you will find many
which used to take place in Ganga ghats, Shiva temples and
Tribeni, Bengal was stopped 700 ancient buildings decorated

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